Joe Not to get into the fray here with this sort of content, however, something you reminded me of.
One of my favorite Sufi sayings was given to me years ago by a Sufi named Shaykh Abdul Haqq. He was a kind of a stand up Naqshbandi Shaykh, in terms being jovial, nonchalant, and gregarious. Very entertaining fellow, always cracking everyone up. And he could teach too, had a really good way of sharing what the Sufis would call, the Path. Anyway, at the appropriate time, and usually in mocking self deference he would say, "well, you know how it is, donkey is never happy!" Of course, donkey being the ego in Sufi tradition, figuring in many Sufi stories, particularly those of Nasrudin. Donkey is never happy /\ zendervish --- In [email protected], "Joe" <desert_woodworker@...> wrote: > > Edgar, > > You've used that same put-down attempt before, here. > > And the same set of denials, for the same purpose. > > We can all learn from this spectacle. > > That's another thing about (your) ego: it can't be original. It can only > repeat itself. For its purposes. > > It cannot even conduce toward the enlightenment of bushes and grasses. > > I don't say YOU, I say "it". > > Shake free! > > We care about the real Edgar, not you. Yet, it's not looking good. > > I may be wrong, All, that there may be hope. We're Realists, gang, not > optimists. > > See, you can lead a Horse to water, ...but not a donkey. > > She must walk to the dojo herself. > > --Joe > > PS You may have a bow; what color would you like? But you must wear it in > your hair, not on your lapel. > > > Edgar Owen <edgarowen@> wrote: > > > > Joe, > > > > LOL! You should give me a bow for bringing out all your attachments you > > need to work through.... > > > > As long as you are so obsessively defensive about your attachments you can > > never release them... > > > > Seeing the master in all beings and the lesson he teaches is true Zen... > > Bridling defensively in the face of reality's lessons is the antithesis of > > Zen... That just reinforces the attachments and makes them harder to > > release... > > > > Like tough love my approach could be called 'Tough Zen'! Showing people > > their attachments by challenging them! > > > > Drop those attachments. You won't be lessened by the loss, you'll be > > further on the path you claim to follow... > > > > Loss of ego does not diminish one, it expands one... > > > > > > A bow to the unrealized Buddha within struggling to get out, but being > > strangled by the attachments of ego... > > Edgar > ------------------------------------ Current Book Discussion: any Zen book that you recently have read or are reading! Talk about it today!Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Zen_Forum/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
